Li Mu forced a smile. "Captain Liang, doesn't everyone know how strong your Second Team is?"
"Although our Ninth Team has a new recruit, how could we possibly be a match for your Second Team?"
"It's truly unnecessary!"
"No fight, no fight!"
Liang Yong sneered, "Didn't Meng Kuo keep bragging that your team had found a master? Since that's the case, our Second Team must experience your strength!"
"Don't tell me you don't even have the courage to spar?"
"Isn't that too cowardly?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the four middle-aged men behind him burst into laughter.
They were all Guardians, and while they united against external threats and maintained harmony,
there was constant internal competition.
Of course,
this was not a bad thing, as it could promote mutual improvement in their abilities.
Li Mu cleared his throat, "It's not that our Ninth Team is cowardly, I mean... let's all have a good time together once the other eight teams have returned."
"For example, all eight of you teams can come at us together!" He said this with a smile that held a profound meaning.
The moment he spoke,
the smiles on Liang Yong and the others' faces froze.
Even Chen Nan felt a pang of annoyance!
This Li Mu was truly a troublemaker!
He actually wanted him to face nine other teams alone...
"Li Mu, aren't you being too arrogant?" Liang Yong glared at him. "I'm truly puzzled, who gave you the audacity to be so presumptuous, to not even put our eight teams in your eyes?"
Li Mu burst into laughter, "I figured, with the strength of a sixth-level Qi Refining cultivator, I should be able to crush all of you, right?"
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Liang Yong and the others were dumbfounded.
Although they had all entered the Qi Refining stage,
none of them had expected Chen Nan to possess the cultivation of a sixth-level Qi Refining cultivator!
Frankly speaking, even the captain of the First Team would have to bow down before him!
After recovering from their shock, Liang Yong couldn't help but say, "This guy has the cultivation of a sixth-level Qi Refining cultivator?"
"Chen Nan, come on, show Captain Liang what you've got." Li Mu gave Chen Nan a meaningful glance.
Chen Nan formed a hand seal, and the Gravity Technique instantly enveloped Li Mu.
"Damn it, why are you targeting me?" Li Mu's cheeks twitched uncontrollably.
Meng Kuo roared with laughter, "Because he's disliked you for a long time!"
Qin Hongyu also wore a faint smile.
Although Li Mu and Chen Nan didn't have deep-seated hatred, they found each other rather disagreeable.
Especially when Li Mu shamelessly claimed Chen Nan was a genius he had scouted.
And then pushed him forward, declaring he would face eight teams alone.
To put it nicely, it was trust and belief in him.
But to put it bluntly, it was like roasting a suckling pig on a fire!
He was not given any choice.
Not to mention, he was now asking Chen Nan to show off for Liang Yong.
It was akin to ordering a monkey to perform...
A normal person would have complied.
But Chen Nan simply ignored him!
Liang Yong was taken aback, then sighed, "This play is quite entertaining!"
"Forget it, forget it. Since Brother Chen's strength is so terrifying, there's no point in us seeking humiliation." He sighed, having intended to curb the Ninth Team's arrogant swagger.
But...
it was unnecessary!
Then Liang Yong led his men away, and Chen Nan deactivated the Gravity Technique.
Li Mu looked dejected. "Couldn't you have saved me some face in front of outsiders?"
Chen Nan replied, "I was already giving you plenty of face!"
Li Mu fell silent.
He suddenly wondered if it was really a good thing to have Chen Nan remain in the team, given that he didn't listen to him at all.
"Let's go, I'll take you to the Library Pavilion. There are a few spells there, I don't know if they'll catch your eye," Qin Hongyu changed the subject, not wanting Chen Nan to continue to undermine their leader.
Chen Nan then arrived at the Library Pavilion, which housed many ancient texts, cultivation techniques, sword arts, and spells.
They were all ordinary cultivation methods, not even as powerful as those he had learned in the Fire Cloud Cave.
However.
There was one escape spell that piqued Chen Nan's interest.
"Earth Evasion Technique!"
As the name suggested, casting this spell allowed one to tunnel into the earth and escape.
Chen Nan's eyes gleamed with excitement.
With this cultivation method, wouldn't it mean he could tunnel away from Xie Churan's place and reach Jian Ning's home?
If... if there was a real danger of capsizing, he could also leave instantly!
After committing this spell to memory, Chen Nan planned to study it thoroughly.
After all, having more skills never hurt.
"Give me your weapon," Li Mu's expression suddenly turned solemn. "Preferably your strongest weapon!"
Chen Nan was puzzled.
But he still extended his right hand and summoned the top-grade magic artifact of azure color gifted to him by Jia Xiu.
This sword was forged from an unknown material.
Although it was only the length of a cigarette, it was exceptionally sharp.
Crucially, it was very lightweight.
Qin Hongyu said seriously, "Chen Nan, we have a secret place here. That place can enhance your weapon's strength, but unfortunately, each person can only enhance it once."
"In my opinion, you should bring out the magic artifact you obtained from the Jiang family to enhance!"
"No need, let's enhance this one!" Chen Nan smiled.
He had named this sword "Shadowless."
It already possessed the power of a top-grade magic artifact. If it were enhanced, it could very likely become a spiritual artifact.
If that happened, he would be able to kill without a trace!
"Alright."
Li Mu agreed, then pressed a mechanism in the Library Pavilion. The bookshelf moved, revealing a hidden door behind it.
The moment the hidden door opened, Chen Nan sensed a surge of potent pure Yang energy.
Unfortunately.
This pure Yang energy made him very uncomfortable.
The reason was simple: he cultivated the Yin Gathering Technique.
From ancient times, Yin and Yang were in conflict. With his current strength, he was not yet capable of withstanding that pure Yang energy.
A moment later, Li Mu emerged from the hidden door and said, "Weapon enhancement takes time. You can leave your weapon here during this period. It won't be too late to retrieve it after it's enhanced!"
Chen Nan did not need Shadowless at the moment. He then followed the three of them to tour the Guardian's office and returned to the quadrangle courtyard where Yan Wushuang lived.
Regrettably, Yan Wushuang had still not returned.
Moreover, her phone was out of service.
"How many days has she been missing?" A sense of foreboding arose in Chen Nan's heart.
He had sent Yan Wushuang a message yesterday. Normally, she would have contacted him immediately upon seeing it.
The current situation made him uneasy.
Xu Qingxin shook her head, "I contacted her once ten days ago. As for how many days she's been missing, I don't know."
After a moment of hesitation, he dialed the number of Aunt Lan, the sect leader of the Orchid Gate, "Where is Wushuang? Why is her phone unreachable?"
A hint of tension could be heard in Aunt Lan's voice, "Old Ancestor, Wushuang asked me to convey a message: she's sorry to you, and you... you should forget about her!"
Chen Nan was furious, "What do you mean? She's going to dump me?"